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From: frazier@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Greg Frazier)
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Subject: Re: (F) Should I worry/Water hardness/ph
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Date: 18 Jan 90 01:31:09 GMT
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In article <15748@boulder.Colorado.EDU> atk@tigger.colorado.edu (Alan T. Krantz) writes:
>Well, yesterday I got a water hardness test kit and tested everything
>and came up with these values (I also tested Ph):
>
>	Hardness        Ph
>tap      ~40ppm         6.6
>t1       ~210ppm        7.0
>t2       ~320ppm        7.2

Your hardness *is* a little worriesome, particularly if you
are interested in breeding angels.  To have a tank hardness
that much harder than your tapwater means that you have a
rock or gravel which is leaching minerals into your tank.
Everything must be tested - remove each rock and a sample of
the gravel, and drip some acid onto it (PH down will work).
If it fizzes, it is the culprit.  If it's your gravel, you
may want to completely tear down your tank and replace the
gravel.

Greg Frazier
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